Use of X-ray film: technical discussion with example images

[tenderobject]

Try it! I will try Yellow Green next time. This film is very nice. Just proper handle and you'll get good result like normal Panchro films!

I see, interesting, thanks!

[UlbabraB]

Cemetery gate di Filippo Natali, su Flickr

5x7" albument print from Kodak T-Mat Xray film developed with Pyrocat-HDC

[Randy]

I don't know if there are degrees of "orthocromatic-ism" but from my experience the green latitude film doesn't seem to be completely orthochromatic. I guess a good test would be to take a picture of a red object and see how it registers on the film. The tractor below is a rusty red color and pretty much looks in real life just as it looks after scanning the neg - no filtration used.

[tenderobject]

Randy, i'm very amazed with this Fuji HRT green latitude film. With a good light and yellow filter it seems to look like an IR film! The dynamic range is superb!
I just wish all green latitude film is like the HRT. I'm running out of my film! Hopefully i could find one here in Iran

I don't know if there are degrees of "orthocromatic-ism" but from my experience the green latitude film doesn't seem to be completely orthochromatic. I guess a good test would be to take a picture of a red object and see how it registers on the film. The tractor below is a rusty red color and pretty much looks in real life just as it looks after scanning the neg - no filtration used.

[StoneNYC]

I don't know if there are degrees of "orthocromatic-ism" but from my experience the green latitude film doesn't seem to be completely orthochromatic. I guess a good test would be to take a picture of a red object and see how it registers on the film. The tractor below is a rusty red color and pretty much looks in real life just as it looks after scanning the neg - no filtration used.

Well, thank you for the info, I'm also thinking that perhaps because it is a red eight it is a mixture of other colors and it is a die and not the actual light itself? And maybe that the other colored dyes workmen in the actual paint are coming through? Anyway thanks for the info I will certainly tested out once I have a better system in place, right now I don't even have any 11x14 holders, i'm using a home made one but it doesn't function very well, and I can only load one image today because I have to load in darkness and I don't have a dark room, so if I actually can get my hands on some 11 x 14 film holders then I can do more images per day and have a better ability to test. Thanks.

[ImSoNegative]

green hrt is what I used when shooting 8x10, great xray film, I don't even think I ever used a yellow filter with it

[Randy]

I think I will do a test with three objects side by side, red, blue, green, under full sun and another under overcast sky's, just to get and idea of how the film records. Seems like I just never take the time these days to do simple tests...

[tenderobject]

Good idea! Please keep us updated! I'm very curious with this since the images i made using Yellow filter with Green latitude film is a bit different from the one without. Maybe the light and the scene are a big factor? I hope someone could chime in and show their X-ray shots with filters!

I think I will do a test with three objects side by side, red, blue, green, under full sun and another under overcast sky's, just to get and idea of how the film records. Seems like I just never take the time these days to do simple tests...

[StoneNYC]

Good idea! Please keep us updated! I'm very curious with this since the images i made using Yellow filter with Green latitude film is a bit different from the one without. Maybe the light and the scene are a big factor? I hope someone could chime in and show their X-ray shots with filters!

I'm going to try this with the ektascan, I've used AGFA green x-ray film and it's nice but I feel like because I'm using a drum to develop, it's better to use single side emulsions, and as far as I know the ektascan is the only x-ray film that's single sided?

[tenderobject]

I think there are few more X-ray film with single sided emulsion. I've been seeing these type lately. But it would be very expensive than the normal films? How much for 100sheets / 1 box ektascan? I wish all green latitude film from different manufacturers are all the same in quality. I'm running out of film so i need a new box soon but it would be hard for me to find Fuji films here in Iran.

I'm going to try this with the ektascan, I've used AGFA green x-ray film and it's nice but I feel like because I'm using a drum to develop, it's better to use single side emulsions, and as far as I know the ektascan is the only x-ray film that's single sided?